{"id":22436,"date":"2026-06-21T18:11:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/interpreting-the-idiom-be-on-the-alert\/"},"modified":"2026-06-21T18:11:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T12:11:36","slug":"interpreting-the-idiom-be-on-the-alert","status":"publish","type":"mcq","link":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/mcq\/interpreting-the-idiom-be-on-the-alert\/","title":{"rendered":"Interpreting the Idiom \u201cBe on the alert\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>What does <strong>Be on the alert<\/strong> mean in common English?<\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"quiz-options\">\n<li>to show or treat something as well as it deserves<\/li>\n<li>to be watchful and ready for danger or action<\/li>\n<li>to start doing something seriously<\/li>\n<li>disorganized or scattered everywhere<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","topic":[3210],"subject":[3116],"education_level":[1894],"class_list":["post-22436","mcq","type-mcq","status-publish","hentry","topic-contextual-meaning","subject-idioms-phrases","education_level-grade-8"],"mcq_note":"<p><strong>Be on the alert<\/strong> means <strong>to be watchful and ready for danger or action<\/strong>. It is the correct answer because this expression is used figuratively to describe paying careful attention because something may happen.<\/p><p>Examples:<\/p><ul><li>The guards were <strong>on the alert<\/strong> during the storm.<\/li><li>Students should be <strong>on the alert<\/strong> while crossing the road.<\/li><li>The team stayed <strong>on the alert<\/strong> for sudden changes.<\/li><\/ul>","mcq_options":[{"right":"no","answer":"to show or treat something as well as it deserves"},{"right":"yes","answer":"to be watchful and ready for danger or action"},{"right":"no","answer":"to start doing something seriously"},{"right":"no","answer":"disorganized or scattered everywhere"}],"multi_answers":"no","subject_terms":[{"id":3116,"title":"Idioms &amp; Phrases","slug":"idioms-phrases"}],"topic_terms":[{"id":3210,"title":"Contextual Meaning","slug":"contextual-meaning"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq\/22436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/mcq"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/mcq"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/topic?post=22436"},{"taxonomy":"subject","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/subject?post=22436"},{"taxonomy":"education_level","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcqacademy.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/education_level?post=22436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}